[plug] Newbys guide

[Jim Householder]

Timothy White wrote:
> Cameron Patrick wrote:
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>> Timothy White wrote:
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>>>> odd.  I want reliable USB support and parallel port support for a
>>>> printer. I also want to be able to send and receive faxes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Not wanting to sound like a broken record but I believe that Debian
>>> should be able to do all of that.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Heh.  Reliable USB?  Linux?  Bah.  Well, some USB devices work
>> reliably for me (mice, keyboards, cameras, RS232 serial port adapters)
>> but I find USB storage devices (flash drives and hard drives) to often
>> need to be plugged and unplugged a few times before they'll show up.
>> Likewise firewire disc drives.  A lot of USB devices just aren't
>> supported at all under Linux.  Others "sorta kinda" work.  Oh, and
>> some USB chipsets are completely broken in certain kernel versions
>> (e.g. nforce USB in 2.6.8 would never work for me).  Yay.
>>
>> Okay, I'll stop ranting now, I think I'm scaring the newbies and I
>> should probably be setting a good example or something. :-/
>>
>>
> Everything that I've tried has worked. Ok, so it is only cameras and
> flash drives but plug-in and I'm away. With the hal hotplug layer
> running everything is sweet. No mounts or anything, just auto.
> 
> Tim
> 
So far I've only had one minor glitch with USB storage.  My Fujifilm camera and Lexar USB key are immediately detected and mounted.   However the Shintaro USB 2.0 Pocket Disk I just bought appears to have a hub between the storage unit and the connector, and is not automagically mounted.  I can mount it manually though.

Jim